We Are The World: U.S.A For Africa

USA For Africa, Various Artists - Pop

Product Details

• Audio CD (October 25, 1990)
• Original Release Date: 1985
• Number of Discs: 1
• Label: Polygram Records
• ASIN: B000001FCX
• Average Customer Review: 4.6 out of 5 stars  See all reviews (23 customer reviews)
• Amazon.com Sales Rank: #72,992 in Music (See Bestsellers in Music)

Track Listings

1. We Are the World - USA for Africa

2. If Only for the Moment, Girl - Steve Perry

3. Just a Little Closer - The Pointer Sisters

4. Trapped - Bruce Springsteen & the E Street Band

5. Tears Are Not Enough - Northern Lights

6. 4 the Tears in Your Eyes - Prince & the Revolution

7. Good for Nothing - Chicago

8. Total Control - Tina Turner

9. Little More Love - Kenny Rogers

10. Trouble in Paradise - Huey Lewis & the News

Customer Reviews

Most Helpful Customer Reviews

22 of 24 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars We Are The Hits (that never were), March 6, 2004

By	Danny M. Dean "Rare CDs R Me" (Baton Rouge, Louisiana United States) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

First of all: DON'T buy this CD just for the title song (Unless you need it for a special project) AND, don't buy it to help starving people in Africa. That boat sailed a long time back. For some reason, this CD has been Out Of Print for ages, so the proceeds will go to the reseller who has to charge a MINT for it because of its scarcity. So, WHY BUY IT? Bruce Springsteen, Steve Perry, Chicago, Tina Turner, Huey Lewis, Kenny Rogers, The Pointer Sisters and Prince. If you're a fan of any of those artists: the extra songs unique to the collection are among the best they've done. They're all superstars trying to one up each other. So, they're great. Each song could have been (and should have been) a hit single. Bruce Springsteen's first official (non seasonal) live release with the E Street Band "Trapped" is a great take on a Jimmy Cliff song. I can't get the tune out of my head. Steve Perry's contribution blows away his solo hit as well as most Journey tunes. Tina Turner, Kenny Rogers, Huey Lewis & The News and The Pointer Sisters were all hot at the time too, and their tracks show it, too. We Are The World is a triumph of Quincy Jones and and an apparently still on top of his game, Michael Jackson, trying to squeeze the kitchen sink into one song. They did it, and it has worn out its welcome for most listeners, but all in all, this is a great collection anyway because We Are The Hits you haven't heard.

22 of 26 people found the following review helpful:

4.0 out of 5 stars Great individual gems, September 18, 2000

By	Jeffrey Anbinder "Beeeej" (New York, NY) - See all my reviews (REAL NAME)

Sure, this CD represents an important milestone in popular musicians' social activism - and the title track is a very significant (if not artistically very interesting) song in that it was a very early example of that kind of superstar grouping, coming fast on the heels of the British Band-Aid group.

But beyond all that, I highly recommend this CD to any Springsteen fans - his intense live cover of Jimmy Cliff's "Trapped" is well worth the entire CD's purchase price. And how can you go wrong when some of the proceeds go to charity?

8 of 9 people found the following review helpful:

5.0 out of 5 stars A historic landmark!, January 13, 2000

By A Customer

Boy are there some terrific artists in here! I haven't heard the whole CD yet, but some of the names are...oh, something! Wonderful Tina Turner, the indomitable Pointer Sisters & the lovely, talented Steve Perry are just a few great voices here. My fave is the "We Are the World" song. I heard that song on Y2K eve & that song is soooo touching! Even though Micheal Jackson, Lionel Richie, & Tina Turner headed up this swell project, it was great hearing other voices. I loved shy, sensitive Steve Perry's input "...we're savin' our own lives..." How true! We really need to stamp out world hunger! It's awful that so many people are still going hungry today, even in the United States! It's heartwarming that these artist cared enough to try to do something about it.